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Start Date: 1944-02-16
Completion Date: 1944-02-16
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6 Bomber Group February 16, 1944
5 Halifaxes from 432 squadron were ordered out on a sea search. All were unsuccessful. Richard Koval (6bombergroup.ca)
Halifax aircraft LK 761 on a night cross country, crashed between Stillington and Huby, Yorkshire. Squadron Leader W.W.Strachan DFC, P/Os M.A. Martin, H.M. Stewart, J. Gilliard (RAF), F/Os N.J. Baron, R.C. Stuart, 1st L A.L.Rourke (USAAF were killed.
